Argentina to file criminal complaint against Israeli drilling company for operating in Falklands
The Argentine Foreign Ministry said in December that Navitas had not obtained the proper permits and that its plans were “unilateral and illegitimate.”
Argentina has announced its intention to file a criminal complaint against Israeli oil company Navitas Petroleum for operating in the Falklands. This move comes from President Javier Milei’s office and is aimed at protecting Argentina's natural resources and asserting sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands, which are integral to Argentina's national territory.
The dispute over the Falkland Islands' sovereignty is ongoing between Argentina and the UK, with both nations claiming ownership of the territory. The complaint follows earlier concerns raised by Argentina's Foreign Ministry in December that Navitas, in collaboration with British company Rockhopper Exploration, lacked proper permits for their drilling plans, deeming them "unilateral and illegitimate."
The ministry cautioned that proceeding with these plans could lead to "potentially irreversible future consequences" and had banned both companies from drilling in Argentina without the necessary permits. Argentine sources have described the drilling plan as "the theft of a natural resource that belongs to them."
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